Bombings by suicide terrorists in Ankara and Istanbul

These bombings affect not only the population in Turkey, they also concerns immigrants in the Netherlands, whether they regard themselves as Turkish, or Kurdish, as Muslim or of any other faith.

The bombings also hit the 'native' Dutch workers, because they could be held here. ‘Immigrant' workers of all backgrounds are their colleagues, as pupils and students from different backgrounds they are classmates and even friends.

Is it important who exactly is behind the attack?
• Islamic State or a group manipulated by the secret service of Erdogan's AK-government, in the hope that the population seeks refuge in the Turkish state;
• TAK, or by way of TAK the PKK, the Kurdish “liberation’ movement as to maintain influence on to their young supporters, and / or to exert pressure on the Erdogan government not to interfere too much with Turkish and Syrian Kurdistan.

The victims will never know for what "higher purpose" they are slaughtered. But the goals are still 'higher'. In the background, behind the war in Syria, the great powers are pulling the strings:

• The European Union, led by Germany - with Merkels pooches Rutte and Samson (Dutch Liberal and Labour government) - supports the Erodogan regime with a bargain on refugees, by which Turkey should decide who is acknowledged as a Syrian war refugee, allowed into Europe, and the refugees without this staus can be exploited as cheap labor in Turkeys own economy. And the workers and students who no longer like it in Turkey, may try their luck without visas in Europe (Germany, Netherlands).
• The United States have pulled the oil-rich and strategically important Kurdish areas of Iraq and Syria within their sphere of influence. The Kurdish forces are acting as ground troops in the war against IS. The US wants Turkey to leave in peace its Kurdish allies in its own country and in Syria.
• Russia has its air force and ground troops withdrawn after the murderous work is done with massive bombardments, so that it can play the role of "peacemaker”, while the Dutch F16’s continue to bombard.

We see that all states, large and small, existing states and states in formation, go to war. It is the only way that capitalism sees as the economic crisis returns with unprecedented destructive power. Massive money and credit have been pumped into the economy. In vain. Massively degradation of social services, benefits and reduced wages. In vain. The capitalist class therefore falls back on nationalism to bind its 'own people', and in particular the working class’, dividing te latter into competing groups along:
• passport
• type of employment contract, fixed or flexible, temporary, self-employed, or illegal,
• towards still working or already unemployed,
• level of education,
• to working in manufacturing or in services such as transport, education or health care
• culture or religion

In short, all things that do not matter when it comes unite for workers' interests.

The workers in Turkey are not defeated. There are regularly strike movements, often organized outside the unions. They now face a choice: either continue their struggles as workers, against all divisions, or fall into the divisions alongside those in the capitalist class, either supporters of a Muslim state, of a secular state, into Turkish or into Kurdish nationalism.

The workers in the Netherlands do not realize it, but here is the choice as well, between either unity of the workers, or division of the workers and break up into warfaring groups.

Dear reader, you probably do not agree with everything in this text.
But do you find the topics we raise important? If so, enter into discussion with your colleagues, family members, friends, neighbours, fellow students.

• If the discussion is important, stop work or study leave for a while.
• End the minutes silence for the victims, led by those who want to send us to war!
• Let's exchange thoughts about these horrible events for an hour or so.

Workers, we have a world to win!

20-3-2016

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*) Amongst others: http://libcom.org/forums/news/ankara-bombing-15032016?page=1#comment-573879

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